REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. G9 
FAMILY RECUEVIROSTRIDiE.—THE AVOCETS AND 
STILTS. 
Two species have occurred in our district. 
American Avocet; Blue Stocking — (Recurvirostra ameri- 
cana)- 
A very long-legged, slender-billed, almost wliite-bodied, wading bird, with 
iliu'k wings, having large, white bands formed of the coverts and secondaries. 
Breeds in temperate North America, northward. Winters southward to 
Cuba. Very rare straggler on the New Jersey coast. Formerly it bred regu¬ 
larly in Cape May county and probably at other points. 
Black-necked Stilt; Lawyer; Long-shanks —(Iiimaoitopus 
niexicanus ). 
An exceedingly long-legged, long-billed, black and white, wading bird of the 
shallow ponds. 
Breeds in temperate North America. Winters to West Indies and northern 
South America. Very rare straggler on the New Jersey coast. Formerly it 
bred there. We know of no recent capture of this species. 
FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE.—TIIE SNIPE AND SAND¬ 
PIPER. 
Twenty-eight species of this family are found in the district 
under consideration. Only three, however, occur as breeders—the 
woodcock, spotted sandpiper and bartramian sandpiper. 
The following species are regular transients on the coast.: Dow- 
itcher, white-rumped, least, red-backed and semipalmated sand¬ 
pipers, sanderling, greater and lesser yellow-legs and TIudsonian 
curlew, while inland occur the solitary sandpiper and snipe. 
The European woodcock is an accidental straggler inland. 
European Woodcock —(Scolopax rusticola). 
The European woodcock is a larger bird, but similar in appearance to Ameri¬ 
can woodcock. It does not have the three narrow outer primaries. 
Rreeds in northern part of Eastern Hemisphere. Rare straggler from Europe. 
